Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Milton

#285 most common boys' name of all time · #615 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#285
Rank overall
#615 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
118,551
Since 2016
1,432
Peak year
1920 #74
Best rank
#64 1912
Girls Boys peak 2,603/yr
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Milton is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 125 125 #1,436
2024 128 128 #1,426
2023 128 128 #1,420
2022 153 153 #1,264
2021 136 136 #1,360
2020 144 144 #1,271
2019 149 149 #1,258
2018 153 153 #1,219
2017 167 167 #1,138
2016 149 149 #1,245
2015 153 153 #1,206
2014 175 175 #1,093
2013 171 171 #1,088
2012 168 168 #1,106
2011 159 159 #1,136
2010 188 188 #1,031
2009 190 190 #1,024
2008 218 218 #933
2007 222 222 #901
2006 238 238 #846
2005 231 231 #817
2004 244 244 #754
2003 243 243 #741
2002 260 260 #696
2001 264 264 #683
2000 280 280 #649
1999 228 228 #721
1998 217 217 #744
1997 248 248 #661
1996 281 281 #619
1995 271 271 #625
1994 282 282 #621
1993 318 318 #574
1992 331 331 #560
1991 333 333 #555
1990 324 324 #564
1989 7 347 354 #515
1988 365 365 #482
1987 364 364 #463
1986 341 341 #469
1985 366 366 #447
1984 374 374 #433
1983 372 372 #425
1982 410 410 #411
1981 402 402 #411
1980 402 402 #406
1979 375 375 #408
1978 415 415 #380
1977 412 412 #388
1976 441 441 #364
1975 5 437 442 #373
1974 7 451 458 #362
1973 455 455 #360
1972 485 485 #351
1971 7 591 598 #318
1970 633 633 #310
1969 6 652 658 #299
1968 680 680 #282
1967 710 710 #274
1966 7 765 772 #263
1965 8 825 833 #257
1964 9 979 988 #245
1963 8 993 1,001 #242
1962 6 1,113 1,119 #231
1961 8 1,104 1,112 #239
1960 10 1,183 1,193 #235
1959 11 1,218 1,229 #225
1958 10 1,325 1,335 #204
1957 11 1,362 1,373 #198
1956 13 1,482 1,495 #187
1955 11 1,430 1,441 #185
1954 7 1,581 1,588 #175
1953 8 1,531 1,539 #175
1952 12 1,576 1,588 #169
1951 9 1,520 1,529 #169
1950 7 1,553 1,560 #161
1949 6 1,559 1,565 #160
1948 7 1,546 1,553 #160
1947 1,638 1,638 #158
1946 9 1,507 1,516 #156
1945 6 1,349 1,355 #154
1944 9 1,457 1,466 #146
1943 11 1,508 1,519 #141
1942 5 1,507 1,512 #141
1941 5 1,385 1,390 #140
1940 1,423 1,423 #132
1939 9 1,372 1,381 #128
1938 14 1,400 1,414 #127
1937 8 1,385 1,393 #121
1936 7 1,441 1,448 #119
1935 10 1,532 1,542 #117
1934 6 1,516 1,522 #115
1933 7 1,486 1,493 #113
1932 10 1,710 1,720 #105
1931 15 1,834 1,849 #100
1930 17 2,053 2,070 #93
1929 17 2,029 2,046 #94
1928 19 2,170 2,189 #92
1927 21 2,358 2,379 #88
1926 17 2,418 2,435 #83
1925 15 2,567 2,582 #80
1924 19 2,474 2,493 #81
1923 15 2,446 2,461 #81
1922 13 2,556 2,569 #74
1921 12 2,588 2,600 #75
1920 11 2,592 2,603 #74
1919 15 2,448 2,463 #73
1918 21 2,454 2,475 #76
1917 13 2,394 2,407 #75
1916 18 2,345 2,363 #72
1915 11 2,225 2,236 #73
1914 10 1,834 1,844 #69
1913 9 1,419 1,428 #71
1912 6 1,319 1,325 #64
1911 608 608 #70
1910 476 476 #76
1909 369 369 #81
1908 346 346 #79
1907 292 292 #89
1906 303 303 #78
1905 299 299 #80
1904 230 230 #93
1903 210 210 #94
1902 207 207 #96
1901 5 197 202 #90
1900 242 242 #98
1899 207 207 #89
1898 225 225 #91
1897 161 161 #106
1896 194 194 #99
1895 188 188 #102
1894 156 156 #110
1893 174 174 #102
1892 173 173 #107
1891 141 141 #105
1890 126 126 #119
1889 171 171 #97
1888 165 165 #104
1887 122 122 #111
1886 145 145 #106
1885 130 130 #107
1884 150 150 #103
1883 149 149 #90
1882 155 155 #95
1881 143 143 #92
1880 149 149 #91